CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFICER MAY BREAK OPEN DWELLING HOUSE AND LEVY ON PROPERTY IN PERSONAL
POSSESSION OF DEBTOR (§ 8.01-491)

An officer into whose hands an execution is placed to be levied, may, if need
be, break open the outer doors of a dwelling house in the daytime, after having
first demanded admittance of the occupant, in order to make a levy, and may also
levy on property in the personal possession of the debtor if the same be open to
observation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-422; 1977, c. 617.